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Notes From Buck Houghton4 comments

Stephen Bowie wrote 1 month ago: Continuing this blog’s fiftieth-anniversary coverage of The Twilight Zone, I turn your attention to … more →

Tags: Interviews & Tributes, A. E. Houghton Jr., Biographies, Buck Houghton, Classic Television, Dick Powell, Four Star Productions, Irwin Allen, Lost in Space

"Somebody's throat has to be cut."10 comments

rhsmith wrote 1 month ago: I could never imagine actually being beaten up by Robert Ryan and yet I’ve always been a littl … more →

Tags: Classic Films, Fritz Lang, barbara stanwyck, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Ryan, Paul Douglas, the big heat, Keith Andres, Jerry Wald

Waiting for Lefty

ericschinfeld wrote 2 months ago: That’s a little agit-prop/unionization reference there for you 1930’s theater buffs. But … more →

Tags: Aerospace, Boeing

Vacation3 comments

jonnymatt wrote 2 months ago: It’s taken a little time.  But I can finally stop thinking about panties. For a while, it was … more →

Tags: The past..., Off time, Bras, panties, Father, Waffles, Comedy, nutella, Satire

The Devil and T.R. Devlin47 comments

dcairns wrote 4 months ago: Or: WEAPONS-GRADE POMMARD. Was slightly perplexed by the Art Nouveau font, but now suspect it’ … more →

Tags: film, Hitchcock, Dracula, cary grant, Claude Rains, Ben Hecht, marnie, Ingrid Bergman, Suspicion

Play Reading

musebooks wrote 6 months ago: Last night and tonight marked Yesterday’s Muse Books’ first presentation by the Working … more →

Tags: Books, Newsletter, NY, play reading, Rochester, Upstate, waiting for lefty, Website, Webster NY

The View in the Rear View Mirror16 comments

moirafinnie wrote 8 months ago: Have you a favorite cab driver from classic movies? Is he (or she) loud, pushy and aggressively seek … more →

Tags: Actors, Anthology Films, Character Actors, Classic Films, Comedy, directors, Drama, film noir, Foreign Film

Sweet Smell of Success

Daniel wrote 9 months ago: Title: Sweet Smell of Success Year: 1957 Director: Alexander Mackendrick Writer: Clifford Odets … more →

Tags: Movies, top 250, alexander mackendrick, ernest lehman, Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner, Elmer Bernstein

an inspirational story for the new year3 comments

msbaroque wrote 11 months ago: In my last post – no, last-but-one – I said I wanted to care less and fail better. That … more →

Tags: bagatelles, the Line on Beauty, The meaning of life, Fail Better, Life, Samuel Beckett, sheila o'malley, william hurt

"That's All There Is, There Isn't Any More"8 comments

moirafinnie wrote 1 year ago: Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) “That’s all there is, there isn’t any more… … more →

Tags: Actors, Character Actors, Classic Films, directors, Icons, Movie Stars, Robert Siodmak, Richard Boleslawski, John Barrymore

horoscoop* du jour

Holly wrote 1 year ago: March 21 – April 19 Aries Charming Aries wisenheimer / radio personality / political pundit Ra … more →

Tags: Weekend Horoscope, mary weiss, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Air America, Hungry for Change, moveon.org, Kate's Lazy Meadow Motel

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS2 comments

John wrote 1 year ago: Sweet Smell of Success, Alexander Mackendrick, director, 1957   HOOK: Let’s get really nasty.   STOR … more →

Tags: Movies, Movie Review, film, film classics, Dogs, cult films, John Lehman, Add new tag, Burt Lancaster

Dead Set.7 comments

dcairns wrote 1 year ago: The detective sergeant has no name. He works for a superior known only as The Voice. He works out of … more →

Tags: film, Literature, Noir, Nigel Green, Dashiell Hammett, Red Harvest, Edgar Allan Poe, Stanley Meadows, Performance

Notorious

fmk wrote 1 year ago: 1934. A very dry vintage. … more →

Tags: Film Diary, cary grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Ben Hecht, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Schünzel


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